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Posted March 11th, 2015
Beginning December 1, 2014, attorneys filing new civil actions will be required by amended Local Rule 3-2 to file their case-initiating document(s) electronically, using the Court’s Case Management/Electronic Case Filing System (CM/ECF), unless exempted from electronic filing by amended Local Rule 5-4.2. (The amended local rules effective December 1, 2014, will be available on the… View Article

Posted March 11th, 2015
The Court of Appeal for the Sixth Appellate District (San Jose) has announced its intention to destroy the following criminal, juvenile, and civil records pursuant to Rule 10.1 28(d), California Rules of Court: All criminal and juvenile cases (excluding those with published opinions) designated in records transfer lists 43 and 45 encompassing criminal and juvenile… View Article

Posted March 11th, 2015
Effective Tuesday, February 17, 2015, all filings in a civil appeal or original proceeding submitted to the Court of Appeal, Fifth Appellate District must be filed electronically (e-Filed) through the Court’s electronic filing system, TrueFiling. The TrueFiling system was developed in partnership with the vendor ImageSoft, Inc. The e-Filing system will allow electronic transmission of… View Article

Posted March 11th, 2015
Effective January 5, 2015, laptop computers and electronic tablets may be used in the court room but must be silenced and placed in airplane mode at all times. Such devices may be used by counsel or self-represented litigants only as an aid in presenting oral argument and cannot be used to display demonstrative evidence to… View Article

Posted March 11th, 2015
Effective January 5, 2015, laptop computers and electronic tablets may be used in the court room but must be silenced and placed in “airplane mode” at all times. Such devices may be used by counsel or self-represented litigants only as an aid in presenting oral argument and cannot be used to display demonstrative evidence to… View Article

Posted March 11th, 2015
California Government Code section 8214.15 was amended to add the willful violation of section 8214.1(d) as a cause for discipline. The violation is punishable by a civil penalty up to one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500). California Civil Code sections 1189 and 1195 and California Government Code section 8202 requires a specific notice to be… View Article